The Anti-Minutemen Five: Think Twice Before You Oppose the Minutemen

Back in October, the anti-immigrant vigilante group The Minutemen held a conference in Arlington Heights, Illinois. People opposed to the Minutemen's agenda protested the event. Five were arrested by police in what many witnesses agreed were rather brutal arrests. The Anti-Minutemen Five-as they are known in the Chicago area--are scheduled to stand trial on April 25, 2006 on a variety of charges. I recently contacted the arrestees through their defense organization. Some of them agreed to answer some questions I emailed to them. A transcript of our email conversation follows:

Ron:Hi. I want to start with an introduction. Can you tell me your name and what you do for a living?

My name is Cynthia "Linda" Gómez, and I make my living doing office work.

My name is Kara "Penny" Norlander. I recently graduated from Columbia College with a degree in film and video, then I was working as a waitress but I quit my job over the summer to organize more full time with the World Can't Wait- Drive Out the Bush Regime.

Hi Ron, my name is Eric W. Zenke, I'm a publicist for a Chicago author and volunteer for a local bookstore.

Hey there. My name is Sabah Khan and I'm a graduate of Univ of IL at Chicago, I'm not working at the moment, but my last job was with the Albany Park Neighborhood Council, which is a community organization and I worked with immigrants and youth.

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